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Florida emergency management officials promote tech, EMAC and standby contracts as models for faster response
Summary
Florida’s emergency management director told the House subcommittee that digitized workflows, EMAC mutual aid and pre‑positioned emergency standby contracts cut administrative delays and helped the state process invoices faster after major storms; he also described a data‑driven fraud detection program.
Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, told the House subcommittee that Florida’s investments in technology, coordinated mutual aid and pre‑negotiated contracts have reduced administrative delays and accelerated response and reimbursements.
Guthrie summarized Florida’s modernization work and operational practices: digitized workflows that cut invoice processing times from 61 days to 16 days in recent hurricane response cycles; extensive use of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact…
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